4/10/14


Augmented Reality Apps

9/12/14


Instructional Coaching Pinterest Board - Note additional board links at the top left side of the screen.

Genius Hour (20% Time)


G+ Community for Instructional Coaches Network

Gmail Delay Send Install



4/1/2014

ThingLink

Share your first Thinglink with us on this Google Doc!
Ideas for Thinglink:
  • As a presentation tool (instead of PowerPoint)
  • Reading Program Materials, Forms, & Resources (any content area)
  • List of Strategies (with video links)
  • Write Tools Forms/Student Samples
  • Upcoming Trainings (PD for the year)
  • Resources that are available for check-out
  • Classroom Management/ Behavior Models
  • Common Language of Instruction
  • Each student has an account to do: portfolios, parts of a plant, projects
  • Vocabulary (Examples & Non-Examples)
  • Think Alouds for Reading
  • History Lessons

ThingLink Resources/Tutorials
Tweet Thinglink images!
Channel of Thinklink Teacher Tutorials

1/10/14


Google Chrome Extension of the Day: Ginger - Auto spellchecks and grammar checks anything you type while in the Chrome browser window. Including Facebook, Gmail, etc.

Look through the other presentation slides shared with us by Jackie Ediger at ESU 9 for some other great Chrome Extensions!


9/20/13


Reading in Hand wiki discussed at lunch (fluency project using ipods/ipads with student self recording and scoring of samples)

Lifehacker article: The Best Time Tracking Apps for iphone

Lifehacker article: The Best Time Tracker Apps for Android

Evernote Users - You might want to try KustomNote with Evernote reminders

3/21/13



Managing Email

Tony Vicent's Tips for Managing Email
How to Clear Clutter from your gmail
20 Tips for Managing Your Email
  • Use "canned responses" when appropriate
  • Set up and use filters
  • Make subject lines informative
  • Set an efficient culture (eg: Thanks in advance for your response)
Implement the 4D Rule
Keep Score - Tips from Time Management Ninja
Boomerang for Gmail

There's an App for That!


1/10/13 Tech Tools


Classroom Management Apps:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id586439658 (Cheerful Rewards Lite)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/irewardchart-lite-parents/id341300694?mt=8 (iReward Chart)
http://www.classdojo.com/ (Class DoJo)

Google+ and Hangouts

Google+ iphone app
Google+ ipad app



9/15/2012 Tech Tools


Running Records Calculator app
More info
Google Drive app - update released to allow editing of Google Doc (not forms or spreadsheets)
Chrome App - does allow editing of Google Docs, forms, spreadsheets, etc.
EduCoach Twitter hashtag and blog
IFTTT
Lesson Fidelity Checklists app

Apps Google Doc



Summary of Tech Tools We've Studies So Far and Possible Uses:

  • Pinterest - social bookmarking site
    • collect ideas
  • Livebinders - way to organize your 3-ring binders digitally

  • Evernote - family of products that help you remember and act upon ideas, projects and experiences across all the computers, phones and tablets you use.

  • Voicethread - collaborative multimedia slide show

  • Wall Wisher - online notice board

  • Twitter - social media network

  • Tweetdeck - social media dashboard application for Twitter

  • Diigo - bookmarking tool

  • Google Docs & Spreadsheets - create and share your work online and access it anywhere

  • Google Forms - easy way to collect information into an online spreadsheet

  • Facebook - social media network

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Personal Productivity

Pinterest - free. Online graphical social bookmarking site. Suggested following Primary Junction for preK-3 teachers, and PediaStaff for extensive special education, literacy and other educational resources. Create boards for parents or students to follow as another way to reach out and share resources with them. Tony Vincent also maintains boards for apps by subject area.
Advanced Common Sense
Learning in Hand
Livebinder
Free Tech for Teachers Blog

Evernote


Challenge Links


Voicethread

A collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 different ways.

Wallwisher

An online notice board maker ideal for making announcements, wishing people a happy b-day, keeping notes (like post-its), and more.

Twitter/Tweetdeck Resources

Twitter in 60 seconds (video)
Twitter in Plain English (video)
Why Educators Should Use Twitter (video)

Twitter
Tweetdeck
Twitter hashtags
  • Possible coaching network hastag: #ne-icn

Twitter live chat schedule by hashtag
Twitter news template

ESU 6 Twitter user names
  • @esu6pd
  • @lherr
  • @aprilkaykelley



Diigo Resources

Diigo social bookmarking tool
Diigo educator accounts for students and teachers
Lynne's Diigo library


Google Tools

Richard Byrnes' Google Tools e-book I for teachers
Richard Byrnes' Google Tools e-book II for teachers

Google Docs
Google Docs in Plain English(Video)
Richard Byrne's Free Google Guide for Teachers
Advanced Tips and Tricks in Google Docs
Google Docs self-paced module
Lesson plans that incorporate Google Docs
Interesting Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom


Google Forms/Spreadsheets
Livebinder of Google Form Info - great overall resource
Google Forms Intro and Uses
71+ ways to use Google Forms in the Classroom
Flubaroo - self-grading quizzes with Google forms
Step by Step Guide to Using Flubaroo
Use a Google Docs Spreadsheet to Send Text Message Alerts to Students



Facebook Resources

Education-focused Facebook Pages to follow:

(FOLLOW US!) Educational Service Unit 6

School Pages

Centennial Public Schools
Crete Public Schools
District #145 Community Prevention Coalition
ESU 3 TV
Hershey Panthers
Millard Public Schools Human Resources
Lincoln Public Schools
Nebraska Center for the Education of The Blind and Visually Impaired
Norris School District #160
Waverly High School Freshman Science
Waverly High School Vikings
Waverly High School Speech Team
Waverly Viking Band
York Public Schools

Nebraska/National Educational Associations/Groups


Nebraska Mathematics Professional Development Series
Nebraska Music Educators Association
Nebraska School Activities Association
Nebraska Loves Our Public Schools
NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English)
NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics)
NETA (Nebraska Educational Technology Association)
IRA (International Reading Association)
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)
NASET (National Association of Special Education Teachers)
NATS (Nebraska Association of Science Teachers)

Professional/Educational Pages

#Edchat
21st Century Nebraska School Librarians
Connected Principals
Cyberbullying Research Century
ESL Primary Teachers
Edutopia
EdWeek
Elementary Teachers
Engaging Technologies
English Teachers Network
Facebook in Education
Facecrooks
Free Technology For Teachers
Free App Alert
Fund For Teachers
Gateway to 21st Century Skills
I'm a Band Director
Khan Academy
Let Students Use Cell Phones for Learning
PE Central
Spanish Teachers
Teaching Generation Text
TED
Theatre Arts Teachers
Two Writing Teachers
eInstruction (interwrite boards, pulse pens, CPS clickers)